Sr. Legal Counsel - Antitrust

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This position is responsible for providing legal counsel, risk analysis, and supporting antitrust compliance program requirements to Panasonic North America (PNA) division companies and subsidiaries based on the following role requirements:

Subject Expertise

• Demonstrating a deep understanding of competition and antitrust law as well as litigation principles, and review, interpret, and analyze legal information.

Legal Advice and Counsel

• Acting as the primary competition and antitrust advisor for client groups, business products, or corporate functions, identifying and anticipating highly complex legal and/or other issues
• Serving as a key business partner and advisor to executives and advising them on the potential impact of competition and antitrust laws on the business
• Identifying and engaging stakeholders in Panasonic Operating Companies, PHD/PEX-O and PEX-J, and across the PNA companies to help escalate and drive decisions.
• Working directly with the Head of Litigation for responses to regulators, e.g.,
• Requests for Information from Competition Authorities, state or federal agency investigations or demands, etc.
• Support critical transactional guidance and work product for M&A activities, as well as day to day legal advice to PNA business contracts and agreements.

Regulatory Compliance

• Working in partnership with PNA business groups to ensure that the requirements of applicable market regulations and/or commitments are implemented in Panasonic products and services.
• Gaining an understanding of the requirements as well engagement techniques to clarify those requirements when they are opaque.
• Communicating those requirements to the teams implementing them in products and services to help interpret the requirements within the context of PNA products or services.
• Working with PNA leaders to explain and support Panasonic?s compliance decisions externally to regulators and others.
• Supporting internal processes to ensure compliance across time and product releases.

Solution Implementation

• Developing solutions that anticipate and mitigate legal and other risks
• Managing and developing relationships with outside counsel and clients to create strategic and innovative solutions that address issues and achieve business objectives
• Providing feedback and evaluating process improvements that increase efficiencies.

Communication

• Supporting the development of relationships with external and internal legal professionals, academics, government officials, customers, and/or partners to protect and advocate Panasonic?s interests and drive results
• Responding to needs for external outreach initiatives to expand Panasonic?s outreach
• Collaborating with internal teams and leaders to ensure a Legal & Compliance voice.

Antitrust Compliance Program Leader

• Leading the PNA compliance program design and implementation, including ownership and responsibility for antitrust policies, training, and control oversight/monitoring with support from the PNA corporate compliance function.
• This responsibility will require an intense degree of ownership and collaboration as both the subject matter expert and member of a broader corporate compliance team.

Accountabilities

• Transactional legal advice and counsel
• Regulatory product and services review, design, support
• Antitrust Compliance Program

Scope

• No direct reports. Reports directly to Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer ? Vice President, Legal & Compliance

What You'll Bring:

Education and Experience

• Law degree (JD or LLM) from an accredited law school required. Admission to a state bar (In house admission to applicable state bar required)
• Minimum 7 years of relevant legal experience, 10 plus years preferred
• Significant experience with commercial transactions, including mergers acquisitions and divestitures.
• Extensive experience preparing, reviewing and negotiating distributor, licensing and related agreements.
• Prior experience with US government investigations, litigation and pre-litigation (e.g., Attorney General, Department of Justice, other competition authority).

Competencies

• Problem solving, innovation, collaboration and strong business acumen.
• Able to independently manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues.
• Experience in dealing with complex technical and financial transactions.
• Impeccable ethics and a high level of integrity.
• Communications: Key communications contacts (internal/external) and level of persuasion required. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly the ability to draft agreements, correspondence, and compliance program documents in clear, precise language.
• Ability to adapt communication on complex issues for different audiences, including Japan-based colleagues.
• Work with customers and management. Collaborate with overseas affiliates, particularly in the drafting and negotiating of certain agreements and advising on products that may involve Operating Company oversight or involvement.
• ?Team Player? mindset and experience collaborating with operational program SMEs (trainers, analysts, etc.).
• Provide training to businesspeople on significant legal issues

Travel Requirements:

• 0% - 25% annually

Panasonic prioritizes total wellbeing. We offer a wide variety of benefits and programs to support your physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health.

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Parental Care Leave
• Employee Referral Program
• Educational Assistance
• Flexible Work Program
• Volunteer time Off
• Casual Dress Code
• Total Well Being Program

We Take Opportunity Seriously:

At Panasonic, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer.

The wage range of $155,000 - $175,000 is just one component of Panasonic?s total package. Actual compensation varies depending on the individual?s knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives. *The minimum hourly wage for this role will be the greater of the posted range, or minimum wage for the location where the employee will be working, subject to local minimum wage requirements.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.